Top 10 Cars With the Best-Sounding Engines

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Beethoven, Pavarotti and Nikolaus Otto?

It’s hard to beat the noises a well-designed, high-performance engine makes; experiencing this is of life’s great pleasures, especially when it isn’t adulterated by restrictive exhaust systems or synthesized bullshit piped through a vehicle’s speakers.

Rapidly oxidizing massive quantities of fossil fuel can make sounds that rival a great symphony orchestra. Who would have thought an exothermic reaction could be so pleasing to the ears?

Accordingly here are 10 beautiful-sounding production cars that will take you to internal-combustion nirvana and no, they’re not all ridiculously expensive exotics. There are actually some reasonably priced vehicles with wonderful voices. Enjoy these cars and trucks while you still can before EVs take over the world.

How is the 2012 Bentley Continental GT Speed not on this list? It should sit around position 3 or position 2…

Justin Black

Ford 302. Best sounding motor on the planet.

Filip

Where is the Maserati? Clearly the best sounding car out there

Pushkar

If the BMW E60 M5 did not make it to the list, I do not believe this list. That car is hands down ONE OF the best sounding cars in the world. The first 4-5 (Starting from the highest number) on the list were not even justified.
The top 4 were where they belong.